Vigilante team video, stripped me, inserted fingers in my body ―Victim
By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt Police in Rivers State on Friday disclosed the arrest of an eight-man vigilante team in Diobu, Port Harcourt for alleged rape and kidnapping. The arrest followed the report by a 21-year-old girl (name withheld) who told the police that the 8 suspects of the vigilante team, popularly known as […]
Brazil’s justice minister resigns over ‘political interference’
Sergio Moro, Brazil’s justice and security minister, resigned on Friday after clashing with President Jair Bolsonaro over the sacking of the federal police chief. The Brazil minister, Moro, a former anti-corruption judge, hit out at “political interference” in the federal police, saying that he could not do his job without “autonomy” for the force. The […]
GRAPHIC: Man stabs own mother, sets self on fire in Imo
By Chinonso Alozie – Owerrri A middle-aged man, Johnbosco Ejiogu, from Umudagu Mbieri, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, on Friday was arrested by the Imo State Police Command, for allegedly stabbing his own mother, after which he was said to have set fire on himself and mother, Pauline Ejiogu, in the house. According […]
Mozambique admits presence of IS fighters for first time
Mozambique has admitted for the first time the presence of Islamic State militants in the country amid escalating attacks in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado northern province, according to a statement seen Friday. The public acknowledgement came just days after police reported a “massacre” of 52 villagers who had refused to be recruited into the ranks […]
FG to make use of face mask in markets compulsory
The Federal Government said yesterday that wearing of face mask in markets across the country would become compulsory.
Lagos discharges 10, including 3 foreigners after COVID-19 recovery
Victor Ogunyinka It is not all gloom in Lagos State, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced that 10 more patients have fully recovered and have been discharged from isolation facilities. Sanwo-Olu revealed that of the 10, three are females and the other seven males including foreigners. In a short message […]
